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Summary:

"For people of African descent, music constitutes a unique domain of expression. From traditional West African drumming to South African kwaito, from spirituals to hip-hop, Black life and history has been dynamically displayed and contested through sound. Shana Redmond excavates the sonic histories of these communities through a genre emblematic of Black solidarity and citizenship: anthems. An interdisciplinary cultural history, Anthem reveals how this "sound franchise" contributed to the growth and mobilization of the modern, Black citizen. Providing new political frames and aesthetic articulations for protest organizations and activist-musicians, Redmond reveals the anthem as a crucial musical form following World War I. Beginning with the premise that an analysis of the composition, performance, and uses of Black anthems allows for a more complex reading of racial and political formations within the twentieth century, Redmond expands our understanding of how and why diaspora was a formative conceptual and political framework of modern Black identity. By tracing key compositions and performances around the world--from James Weldon Johnson's "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" that mobilized the NAACP to Nina Simone's "To Be Young, Gifted & Black" which became the Black National Anthem of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)--Anthem develops a robust recording of Black social movements in the twentieth century that will forever alter the way you hear race and nation. Shana L. Redmond is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. She is a former musician and labor organizer"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. From Race to Nation: "Ethiopia" and Pan-African Pageantry in the UNIA
• 2. Extending Diaspora: The NAACP and Up-"Lift" Cultures in the Interwar Black Pacific
• 3. Songs of Free Men: The Sound Migrations of "Ol' Man River"
• 4. Women's Work: "We Shall Overcome" and the Culture of the Picket Line
• 5. Soul Intact: CORE, Conversions, and Covers of "To Be Young, Gifted and Black"
• 6. Sounds of Exile: "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" and ANC Ambassadors.

Author/Creator:

Redmond, Shana L. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Anthem: social movements and the sound of solidarity in the African diaspora [by Redmond, S.L.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Anthem [by Redmond, S.L.] (ISBN 9780814789322; LCCN 2013023733)

Subjects:

African Americans — Music — Political aspects

Anthems — Political aspects

Civil rights movements — History — 20th century

Music — Political aspects — United States

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on Dec. 12, 2013).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

ML3917.U6 R43 2014

ISBNs:

9780814770955 (electronic bk.)
0814770959 (electronic bk.)
9780814789322 [Invalid]
0814789323 [Invalid]
9780814770412 [Invalid]
081477041X [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

861200076

Other Control Numbers:

652349 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp11241652